Member Benefits Update June 2017

Posted by Mary Doyle on June 07, 2017

In the June edition of your Member Benefits Update there's a great cashback offer from our friends at Tyresales.com.au, we take you through a 7 point checklist to upgrade your home, courtesy of ME, there's an update on the Fair Work Commission's minimum wage decision, we ask that you join the fight to save penalty rates plus there's a great DVD from Madman to win!

Thinking of upgrading to a new home? Check out our 7-point checklist to streamline the move.

1. Is moving the right decision for you?

If you love your suburb and home but your circumstances have changed, it’s worth weighing up the pros and cons of renovating versus relocating. Without costs like stamp duty and agent’s selling commission, renovating can be cost effective. On the flipside, a change of location can be an exciting new beginning. Make sure your next move is the right move.

2. Sell first or buy first?

If you do decide to relocate, timing can be critical, although there’s no right or wrong answer to the question of sell first versus buy first. The main point is to know how you will manage the two transactions from a practical and financial perspective.

Tuesday’s Fair Work Commission decision to lift the minimum wage just 59 cents per hour coupled with the penalty rate cuts is a double hit for working people in Australia.

Speaking after the decision on Tuesday morning ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus, said “It is now urgent that Australians’ wages are increased given wage growth in Australia is at a 76-year low, company profits are soaring, Treasury has banked on pay rises of 3.75%, the cost of living is rising and 700,000 people are about to get a penalty rate cut.”

Next month there will be changes to Australian Unions Member Benefits and our websites. We will be introducing a wider range of benefits including travel insurance, health insurance and much, much more. Australian Unions Member Benefits we will continue to provide union members with a wide array of valuable rewards and discounts.

Please note, once implemented there will be a new mobile website that will affect users of the secure website and app (and there will no longer be a separate member benefits app).

This is a conference for everyone: Leaders, Organisers, Campaigners, Online and Digital Experts, Communicators, Educators, WHS and Industrial Officers, and our rank and file leaders.We thank all our NEXGEN partners for their support.

Big corporations are the big winners from the Coalition’s latest Budget, as the Government wages war on the most vulnerable and those with very little.

Australians who rely on welfare and university students have been hit with more than $7 billion in cuts, while the plan to cut taxes for big corporations by $50 billion remains on track.

The war on the vulnerable includes a cruel three-strike system that will see families hit hardest when essential payments are cut off or cancelled for non-compliance.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions sees this Budget as another attempt from this Government to bolster the coffers of big corporations and the bank balances of the wealthy while cutting payments to the young and vulnerable.

Enter the draw to win one of five DVD copies of 'Love and Time Travel' that we are giving away to five lucky union members this month!

Love and Time TravelDan Duncombe leads an emotionally isolated life, which is how he likes it. When he’s not working at a cafe or going on his daily run, he’s perfectly happy to stay at home, disconnected from the people around him. But then he starts ﬁnding strange messages on the inside of his bedroom window: “Turn Right,” “Alleyway," “Relax See” … every day, a new message, each more confusing than the last. Not only that, he’s having confusing, discombobulated dreams about people he’s never met. One day on his run he turns right, goes down an alleyway and sees a young girl being bullied. He doesn’t want to get involved, but she seems strangely familiar…

To win a copy of ‘Love and Time Travel’ email memberbenefits@actu.org.au with your name, address, union name and membership number before close of business Friday 23rd June 2017.